Janayugom, the Communist party’s official newspaper has put an end to the layoff issues. The newspaper is owned by CPI, a party that always stood firmly for the needs of laborers.  The trade union wing of CPI, AITUC has many times took stern stands against managements that did not give a heed to the right of their employees. A newspaper that is owned by a party with such a legacy posing illegal threat to its employees looks like an irony.

Since its inception the newspaper has been taking employees on a contract basis and recently when complaints arouse,  Janayugom made a few employees permanent. It is said that the newspaper is forcing its employees to enter in contracts that are not in line with the labor law of the country. However, according to the recent reports, dude to the intervention of Newspaper Employees Union, Janayugom withdrew its layoff threats and promised to solve the issue by the end of  November.

To study the problem of employees a committee is also formed which include K.P Rajendran, Adv. D.B Binu and P Raju. The Newspaper Employees Union welcomed the decision and the employees are of the opinion that its is a temporary solution and they are looking forward to a permanent one.

The Australian government is all set to reform its higher education industry. The government is planning to simplify the visa procedure aiming to attract more students from countries such as India.  To undo the damage done by the previous government to the education scenario, education minister Christopher Pyne and imigration minister Scott Morrison jointly announced the government’s plans to bring in changes.

The government is set to simplify the student visa through AFL (assessment-level framework). It is planning to extend the visa processing to to low-risk institution that offer university degree courses. The minsiters are of the openion that the change will boost the training and vocational education sector of the country.